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Oh, no! This is one of the most useful Linux/X features. People want the feature on OSX, even with quirks. http://superuser.com/questions/87470/copy-on-select-

by hbbio 13y ago

Oh, no! This is one of the most useful Linux/X features. People want the feature on OSX, even with quirks. http://superuser.com/questions/87470/copy-on-select-paste-on-middle-click-on-mac-os-x http://superuser.com/questions/87470/copy-on-select-paste-on...

rsynnott 13y ago
Yeah; this is about the only thing I think X11 does better than MacOS.
- davidw 13y ago
  MacOS apparently does not do focus follows mouse. The thought makes me shudder!
  - hbbio 13y ago
    That, is a different story. As I have the habit of moving out the cursor to an edge to keep the window clear when I type, I never use this in any WM settings.
    - AjithAntony 13y ago
      There is likely a "hide mouse pointer while typing" setting somewhere
  - eddieroger 13y ago
    By focus, do you mean automatically making the window containing the mouse the active one? It will send scroll events to whatever window the mouse is over, which I find really nice when I have two open, typing in one but reading from something else (like a PDF or web page). It saves me two clicks to not change focus just to scroll, but not let the other window take over. I guess it's all just a preference then.
    - zenojevski 13y ago
      I'll add that OSX has a wonderful focus behavior. As you said, scrolling under pointer is a huge boon, but also clicking on background windows (in most well-behaved apps) usually focuses the window without sending the click to the window (possibly triggering an unintended destructive action). But the best part is that cmd-click allows interacting with windows without focusing them, allowing all sorts of things like translating your IM window out from under a movie player without covering the video.
      - eddieroger 13y ago
        jaw drops I didn't know cmd+click. I can't think of a good use case in my world, but I'm pleased as punch that it exists, and that I've learned something new about OSX today.
  - zenojevski 13y ago
    Can you elaborate on this? When I tried it, this feature made me feel very unsafe, in that a small, "unrelated" movement of the mouse could lead to huge modifications to my current desktop workspace (and snap me out of concentration at the very least). Seems a feature that leads to surprise, a bit like if "i" worked as a toggle both in command mode and insert mode in vim. I'll note that I'm not bashing the feature, nor a personal preference. I'd like to know what advantages are there, from a knowledgeable user.
    - davidw 13y ago
      > When I tried it, this feature made me feel very unsafe I use it to switch between windows without having to fiddle with something like alt-shift, or clicking on the target window each time I want to move. It's about speed, not safety. Once you get used to it though, I don't think you end up in the wrong window very often.
deong 13y ago
I use PopClip (http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/ http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/) on my Macs. It's not quite as seamless as having everything you select automatically available for middle-click pasting, but it's pretty close.

by hbbio 13y ago

rsynnott 13y ago

Yeah; this is about the only thing I think X11 does better than MacOS.

davidw 13y ago
MacOS apparently does not do focus follows mouse. The thought makes me shudder!
- hbbio 13y ago
  That, is a different story. As I have the habit of moving out the cursor to an edge to keep the window clear when I type, I never use this in any WM settings.
  - AjithAntony 13y ago
    There is likely a "hide mouse pointer while typing" setting somewhere
- eddieroger 13y ago
  By focus, do you mean automatically making the window containing the mouse the active one? It will send scroll events to whatever window the mouse is over, which I find really nice when I have two open, typing in one but reading from something else (like a PDF or web page). It saves me two clicks to not change focus just to scroll, but not let the other window take over. I guess it's all just a preference then.
  - zenojevski 13y ago
    I'll add that OSX has a wonderful focus behavior. As you said, scrolling under pointer is a huge boon, but also clicking on background windows (in most well-behaved apps) usually focuses the window without sending the click to the window (possibly triggering an unintended destructive action). But the best part is that cmd-click allows interacting with windows without focusing them, allowing all sorts of things like translating your IM window out from under a movie player without covering the video.
    - eddieroger 13y ago
      jaw drops I didn't know cmd+click. I can't think of a good use case in my world, but I'm pleased as punch that it exists, and that I've learned something new about OSX today.
- zenojevski 13y ago
  Can you elaborate on this? When I tried it, this feature made me feel very unsafe, in that a small, "unrelated" movement of the mouse could lead to huge modifications to my current desktop workspace (and snap me out of concentration at the very least). Seems a feature that leads to surprise, a bit like if "i" worked as a toggle both in command mode and insert mode in vim. I'll note that I'm not bashing the feature, nor a personal preference. I'd like to know what advantages are there, from a knowledgeable user.
  - davidw 13y ago
    > When I tried it, this feature made me feel very unsafe I use it to switch between windows without having to fiddle with something like alt-shift, or clicking on the target window each time I want to move. It's about speed, not safety. Once you get used to it though, I don't think you end up in the wrong window very often.

deong 13y ago

I use PopClip (http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/ http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/) on my Macs. It's not quite as seamless as having everything you select automatically available for middle-click pasting, but it's pretty close.